Hawaiian's Tiny & Rushed Alphabet

Summary When Protestant missionaries arrived in Hawaii in 1820 they were frustrated by the lack of a written language to help them teach the Hawaiians the lessons of the Bible in their native language. So they set about creating a written language beginning with the Latin alphabet. But to make it simple to learn they dropped many of the letters leaving only twelve, a diacritical mark and the okina character which indicates a pause within a word.

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Stars : Patrick Foote

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Genres : Animation Documentary

Release date : Jul 29, 2021

Official sites : Official YouTube Channel

Language : English

Summary When Protestant missionaries arrived in Hawaii in 1820 they were frustrated by the lack of a written language to help them teach the Hawaiians the lessons of the Bible in their native language. So they set about creating a written language beginning with the Latin alphabet. But to make it simple to learn they dropped many of the letters leaving only twelve, a diacritical mark and the okina character which indicates a pause within a word.

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Genres : Animation Documentary

Release date : Jul 29, 2021

Official sites : Official YouTube Channel

Language : English

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